SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela imposed electricity rationing this week in six western states, as the crisis-hit country's creaky power grid suffered from a drought that has reduced water levels in key reservoirs needed to run...

REUTERS/Carlos Garcia RawlinsProtracted political, social, and economic crises in Venezuela have sparked a mass movement of people. Venezuelans have fled throughout the region and around the world, as far afield as Chile, Spain, and various points in...

Tasos Katopodis/Getty ImagesThe Senate appears set this week to pass the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act.The bill, more commonly known as the Crapo bill, includes a rollback of many banking regulations.While it is...

The scheme has ended homelessness in Finland and can help in the UK, too – but only as part of an integrated approach The Housing First programme is only a small step in the fight to end homelessness. It may have helped end homelessness in other...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Rating's agency Moody's warned on Monday the water crisis affecting Cape Town would cause the city's borrowing to rise sharply and the provincial economy to shrink the longer the situation lasted.

REUTERS/ Brendan McDermidEvery single president in the history of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has been white, male and a banker. A new report from the Fed Up coalition, an activist group calling for more inclusive economic policies,...

FRANKFURT, Germany— The European Central Bank hinted Thursday that it is closer to withdrawing a key economic stimulus program as the eurozone economy recovers its strength after years of crisis and stagnation. The bank has said it will continue...

CARACAS (Reuters) - The Venezuela government will start auctioning its new petro cryptocurrency to private companies via its Dicom foreign exchange platform in a few weeks, Vice President Tareck El Aissami said on Tuesday.

The industry keeping Venezuela afloat is under pressure from both inside and outside the countryNOW WATCH: Venezuela was Latin America’s richest country and now it is in complete crisis — here’s how it fell apartSee Also:Tiger Woods is back —...

If a currency can't be converted on demand into the underlying commodity, it's not "backed by oil," it's just another form of control fraud.The broke and broken country of Venezuela appears to be the first nation-state to issue a cryptocurrency token...

click for interactive graphic Source: The Upshot Fascinating: The consensus of the experts was that any effective strategy should include funding for four major areas: treatment, harm reduction, and both demand- and supply-focused solutions....